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Category Archives: Member Posts

Know who you are dealing with. Sounds really obvious but is not only crucial but very often got wrong.

You can deal with someone as an Individual, as a sole trader, as a partnership or as a limited company. Identify which they are as soon as you start dealing with them – not later on during the trading relationship! As some do to their cost…

Possession orders are used by property and land owners, private and public sector, to remove tenants and trespassers from property or land. As the process is different in each case, this article gives guidance on each situation. Residential trespassers As squatting in residential property is now a criminal offence under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and…

Not everyone can work from home, the majority of businesses need premises and these are normally occupied under the provisions of a Commercial Lease. A lease creates many obligations and is invariably drawn to benefit the Landlord and yet it is currently a tenants market. There are plenty of premises out there. When…

Make sure you get it right from the beginning. It will be a small price to pay to make sure you are set up property and have clear agreement of all relevant issues to the running of the business . Here is a check list for you:- Are you trading with the…

1. WHERE THERE’S A WILL YOU HAVE A WAY… How many people know the detailed provisions of the Intestacy Rules and in particular, if you do not have a will how your money will be distributed on your death? It will be a large percentage of the population including many lawyers so far as the…

Windows XP was released in 2001 … and it is still on over 30% of all PCs out there. It is a testament to how “loved” it has been. Support for Windows XP is ending on April 8, 2014. If you’re running this version after that, you won’t get security updates for Windows. Microsoft have been…

This Morning I received an email from a client and friend Brian Painter. Brian was asking my opinion on the views of Chris Cardell in his email message about 5 important changes to Google that every business owner needed to know. Part of the email read: As a business owner and a smart internet marketer,…

Originally published by APIL It’s a popular myth that lawyers are parasites, out for themselves and their own pockets. In fact, if you have the misfortune to be injured, you will realise that lawyers are the good guys, the ones who fight for your rights and get you what you need and deserve in…

The attached article was originally published by APIL the association of personal injury lawyers and is well worth a read. Those who embrace scrutiny generally have nothing to hide, and welcome it as a means of giving assurance to the outside world that all is as it should be. Transparency engenders trust. Those who eschew…